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Tropical Storm Peter forms in the Atlantic as a fish storm

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The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Peter has formed in the mid-Atlantic and will end up being a fish storm not affecting the U.S. mainland at all.
Earlier this morning, Peter began to encounter increasing southwesterly shear emanating from flow around an upper-level trough to its northwest.
This shear caused the low-level center of the storm to separate from the deep convection and as of now is located over 100 mi from the edge of that band of convection.
An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft has been investigating the cyclone for the past few hours and has provided helpful data on the structure and intensity of Peter.
Based on the aircraft data, tropical-storm-force winds extend at least 100 n mi to the northeast of the center, while there are no tropical-storm-force winds in the
southern semicircle.
The initial wind intensity of 45 mph is based on aircraft passes through the northeastern quadrant that measured peak 925 mb flight-level winds of 56 and 54 kt.

TS Peter

BULLETIN
Tropical Storm Peter Advisory Number 4
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL162021
1100 AM AST Sun Sep 19 2021

…DISHEVELED PETER HEADING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD…
…EXPECTED TO PASS NORTH OF THE LESSER ANTILLES EARLY THIS WEEK…

SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST…1500 UTC…INFORMATION
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LOCATION…17.6N 56.5W
ABOUT 435 MI…700 KM E OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…45 MPH…75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 17 MPH…28 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1007 MB…29.74 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.

Interests in the northern Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands, and
Puerto Rico should monitor the progress of this system.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Odette lost its tropical characteristics Saturday evening, and is now considered, Post-Tropical Cyclone Odette.
Odette is located about 300 miles east-southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and around 375 miles to the south-southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia…another fish storm.